The world of technology is like gladiator warfare.  The gold medal always goes to the person who thinks of the innovation first or the first person in the know or even the first person or company who is able to upgrade the invention the fastest.  In the world of virtualization, Parallels is charging ahead and is showing to be the true contender of all virtualization software.  Don’t take my word on it.  Read what MacTech has to say about Parallels Desktop 5:

According to MacTech, Parallels “is the clear winner running each group of tests 5-127% faster than VMware’s solution. Overall, Parallels Desktop 5 runs 30% faster with Windows XP, and 43% faster with Windows 7, than VMware Fusion 3.0.1. Or see the graph if you are more visual (take note that on this graph, shorter is faster).”

Aside from the overall winner, Parallels crushed the competition in the overall graphics performance.  Read some of these stats from MacTech:

1.  The measurements that best represent the overall gaming experience show Parallels performing 81% faster under Windows XP, and 127% faster under Windows 7.

2.  The speed difference in FPS was noticeably faster in Parallels Desktop when compared to VMware Fusion.

3.  We were surprised by was how much less disk space the base installation of Windows XP Pro used on v5 vs. v4. v5 uses about 1/3 less actual drive space on your Mac.

At the end of the day, as Douglas MacArthur said “[there] is no substitute for victory” [via thinkexist] and Parallels Desktop is experiencing that victory tastes good.

[via MacTech]